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BIODIVERSITY: Plants Finally Get DNA Barcodes
Mexico City :: Mexico | 2 days ago
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This work in Mexico and elsewhere is enormously important," says Patricia Escalante, chair of the Institute's zoology department. "Barcoding is a tool to identify species faster, more cheaply, and more precisely than traditional methods," Escalante stated...
Tags: dna barcodes, Mexico City, Tierram, David Schindel, CBOL, Mexico, Biometrics, DNA barcoding, Consortium for the Barcode of Life, DNA, Species, Biology, Automatic identification and data capture, Taxonomy, Environment
From the origin of species to their future
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility They are found in NSW, Tasmania, Victoria and parts of Western Australia [like the one pictured below]. For so long, that's what we thought boronias did: live in the temperate forests along the south coast. Until, of course, we found a different kind...
Tags: Bush Heritage Australia, Western Australia, North Queensland, Australia, Sydney, On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, Species, Darwin Northern Territory, Flower, Biology, Darwin-Wedgwood family, Fellows of the Royal Society, Environment
Skate on the brink thanks to species mislabelling
Due to an 83-year-old error of classification, a species of European skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, according to a study released Wednesday.In the 19th century, scientists identified two separate species...
Tags: Skate, brink, thanks, species, mislabelling
The Future of Human Evolution: What Will We Become?
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility wpclipart.com The history of evolution is becoming well understood. Where might its future go? The past of human evolution is coming to light as scientists uncover a trove of fossils and genetic knowledge. But where might the future of human evolution...
Tags: Peter Ward, Related Stories Ward, genetic engineering, human evolution, human species, science fiction, Seattle, Neogene, Recent single origin hypothesis, Sociocultural evolution, Species, Superhuman, Evolution, Anthropology
Koalas could go extinct in near future
Sydney :: Australia | 11 days ago
Credibility The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) said the number of koalas is in serious decline because of bushfires, urban development and climate change. Australia's koala population 'implosion' has prompted researchers to recommend the animal be listed as an...
Tags: Australian Koala Foundation, Australia, Sydney, Riversleigh Rainforest Koala, Species, Koalas, Environment, Eucalyptus, Big Heart Koala, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Conservation in Australia, Deborah Tabart
The Army: making a fast mover out of the Desert Tortoise
California's state reptile, the Desert Tortoise is losing more of its habitat in the Mojave Desert thanks to the United States Army. Their plans to move approximately 1100 tortoises to nearby locations they say is for the purpose of expanding...
Tags: desert tortoise, extinction, army, US army, san bernardino, mojave desert, tortoise, turtle, species, endangered species, endangered, extinct, population, desert, sonoran desert
Pesticide contamination found in US drinking water
In a disturbing report recently released by the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) it was revealed that the dangerous pesticide, Atrazine, has contaminated various water sheds and drinking water supplies across many parts of the United States....
Tags: Endangered, Species, pollution, crops, agriculture, pesticides, water, contamination
Taxonomy, the fading science of classifying species: what's in a name?
Humans related to armadillos? Yes, but only remotely, according to the taxonomic tree of species. Taxonomy is the science of naming organisms under seven main divisions: kingdom, phlym, class, order, family, genus, and species; with numerous subdivisions....
Tags: Taxonomy, allnews, biology, Carl Linnaeus, homo sapiens, species, Cecil Brown, Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Celebrity Birthdays of August 15
According to the Associated Press, here are the celebrity birthdays of August 15: Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 67. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 65. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 63. Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers...
Tags: the associated press, celebrity birthdays, august 15, pete york, the spencer davis group, Linda Ellerbee, jimmy webb, tom johnston, the doobie brothers, tess harper, zeljko ivanek, heroes, homicide, rondell sheridan, thats so raven, cory in the house, matt johnson, the the, debi mazar, entourage, l.a. law, peter hermann, law and order: special victims unit, Debra Messing, will and grace, anthony anderson, barbershop, Ben Affleck, natasha henstridge, the whole nine yards, species, joe jonas, the jonas brothers
More than 300 wildlife species now 'Extinct'
A detailed analysis of these numbers indicates the international community will fail to meet its 2010 goal of bolstering biodiversity. More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened...
Tags: wildlife, species, extinct, endangered, allnews, killed, global warming, hunting, research
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